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The authors establish a Cheeger-Müller type theorem for the complex valued analytic torsion introduced by Burghelea and Haller for flat vector bundles carrying nondegenerate symmetric bilinear forms. As a consequence, they prove the Burghelea-Haller conjecture in full generality, which gives an analytic interpretation of (the square of) the Turaev torsion.
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Su, G., Zhang, W. A Cheeger-Müller theorem for symmetric bilinear torsions. Chin. Ann. Math. Ser. B 29, 385–424 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11401-007-0307-8
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